After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Southern/Diller-Odell, Fairbury was happy to have turned things around on Saturday. They walked away with a 7-3 victory over the Wilber-Clatonia Wolverines. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Jeffs also won the last time the pair played back in September of 2023.
Samantha Schmidt spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on six hits and racked up 11 Ks. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts.
At the plate, Addison Marschman was excellent, going 1-for-2 with a home run. Another player making a difference was Rylee Gill, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Fairbury didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Fairbury is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-17 record this season. As for Wilber-Clatonia, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-19.
Fairbury didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 7-2 loss vs. Milford on the 28th. Wilber-Clatonia has also already played their next game, a 4-0 win against Centennial on the 28th.
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